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Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other · SOC 47-3019

Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$57,680
Median hourly wage$27.73

Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $57,680 per year ($27.73 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,160 at the 10th percentile to $76,080 at the 90th. BLS estimates 140 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other in the San Jose metro area earn more than $57,680 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,680 and $66,580.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$46,160$50,680$57,680$66,580$76,080
Hourly$22.19$24.37$27.73$32.01$36.58

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $57,680
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $48,430
  • United Statesnational
    $42,670

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +19% vs California overall and +35% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$22,010$34,200$46,390$58,580Ponce, PR — $22,010San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,960Ogden, UT — $28,080Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $28,860Urban Honolulu, HI — $30,900Oklahoma City, OK — $33,280Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $35,300Lafayette, LA — $35,350Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $35,520El Paso, TX — $35,550Tallahassee, FL — $35,900Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $35,990Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $36,190Reno, NV — $36,640Athens-Clarke County, GA — $36,830Macon-Bibb County, GA — $36,970Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,030Jacksonville, FL — $37,100Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $37,210Farmington, NM — $37,280Savannah, GA — $37,280San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,340Pittsburgh, PA — $37,460Florence, SC — $37,470Stockton-Lodi, CA — $37,600Naples-Marco Island, FL — $38,120Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $38,270Monroe, LA — $38,400Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $38,480Knoxville, TN — $38,500Raleigh-Cary, NC — $38,500New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $38,520Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,610Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $38,750Tulsa, OK — $38,760Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $38,920Chattanooga, TN-GA — $39,130Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $39,260Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $39,470Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $39,470Albuquerque, NM — $39,480Greensboro-High Point, NC — $39,480Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $39,500Winston-Salem, NC — $39,520Midland, TX — $39,650Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $39,820Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $40,030Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $40,100North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $40,100Lake Charles, LA — $40,750Columbus, OH — $41,210Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $41,290Lexington Park, MD — $41,600Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $41,670Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $41,850Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $42,230Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $42,290Fresno, CA — $42,760Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $42,780Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $42,840Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $42,950Richmond, VA — $43,480Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $43,600Modesto, CA — $43,640Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $43,840Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $43,860Corpus Christi, TX — $44,060Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $44,320Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $44,590Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $44,680Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $45,310Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $45,560Vallejo, CA — $45,760Longview, TX — $45,830Baton Rouge, LA — $45,850Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $46,350Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $46,940San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $46,950Syracuse, NY — $47,010Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,030Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $47,270Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,460Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $47,480Anchorage, AK — $47,750Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $47,820Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $47,840San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $47,950Cedar Rapids, IA — $48,220Omaha, NE-IA — $48,550Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $48,840Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $49,290Cleveland, OH — $49,540Rochester, NY — $50,030St. Louis, MO-IL — $50,650Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $51,820San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $53,840Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $54,830San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $57,680New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $58,580

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Jose metro area has the 2nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 99 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for helpers, construction trades, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $57,680
  • San Francisco metro area
    $53,840
  • Bakersfield metro area
    $49,290
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $48,840
  • San Luis Obispo metro area
    $47,950
  • Oxnard metro area
    $47,270
  • San Diego metro area
    $46,950

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Electricians$91,030First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$129,700Carpenters$80,190Construction Laborers$68,470Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$107,560Painters, Construction and Maintenance$61,970

Highest-paying metro areas for helpers, construction trades, all others · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.